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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… JOSÉ BEZERRA DOS SANTOS, JOÃO FERNANDES DA SILVA, UNNAMED RURAL WORKER, JOSÉ ALDENÍCIO DA SILVA, SEANG NARONG, SAP … opinion against them, branding their actions as ‘anti-development’. We document the experiences of four defenders … ▶ Maria das Dores dos Santos Salvador, a Brazilian rural community leader in Amazonas, was kidnapped and …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development. Published by: IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and … or bankrupt; the imperatives of daily life for the rural poor overwhelm any likely risks associated with … building in various natural resource contexts, aimed at rural resource managers and their advocates, judges, lawyers …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges through supporting scientific … Sudeep Jana is a postgraduate in social work (Urban and Rural Community Development) and works with Forest Action … with studies in tropical forestry, soil science and rural development economics. Peter has worked in natural …
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Defenders of the Earth

… free, prior and informed consent > Investors, including development banks, are actually fuelling the violence by … given that many murders go unreported, particularly in rural areas. Our methodology requires cases to be verified … in conflicts with settler communities over land. Meanwhile rural ‘campesino’ defenders faced threats, harassment and …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders

… for the sake of our common environment and sustainable development. This report is dedicated to the heroic … their exclusion. The affected rights-holders often live in rural, isolated areas, with little access to government … that could support them. The very specific nature of rural communities can also aggravate their vulnerability, as …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… “Human Rights and Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development”, which is organized in three weeks and amounts … organizations, the Asia Pacific Forum helps women in rural, indigenous and urban poor communities to document … http://apwld.org/category/rural-and-indigenous-women/ …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… from financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Sida (www.sida.se), as well as … areas, with a particular focus on gender, urban and rural disparities and upper and lower income quintiles, at a … a number of respects in which industrial uses may worsen rural poverty further. To similar effect see U.N. Millennium …
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Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report

… for the sake of our common environment and sustainable development. Contents Page I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . … their exclusion. The affected rights holders often live in rural, isolated areas, with little access to government … that could support them. The very specific nature of rural communities can also aggravate their vulnerability, as …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Enabling the Whakatane Mechanism to contribute to conservation through securing communities' rights

… or territories and resources of indigenous peoples and rural communities; NOTING that the Whakatane Mechanism is a … the full respect of the rights of indigenous peoples and rural communities in IUCN conservation projects; WELCOMING … of the Whakatane Mechanism, to support its further development and application. …
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Water as a human right?

… in order to eradicate poverty and to enhance sustainable development 24 IV. Content of a right to water Terminology – … to eliminate discrimination against women, particularly in rural areas to ensure that women “enjoy adequate living … as a Human Right? 6 25 Research shows that households in rural Africa spend 26% of their time fetching water, and it …
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